Back in 1979, former Village Voice film critic and filmmaker J. Hoberman made an avant-garde film called Mission to Mongo, but it was lost to the ages until a curator at the Anthology Film Archives requested a copy from the Queens Museum of Art, which screened it in 1982. Clean up your clutter, people: there may be a culturally significant artifact right under your nose. more ›

Drawing on his roots in the fecund 1970s East Village avant-garde film scene, critic J. Hoberman has spent his three decades at the Village Voice introducing readers to the more adventurous cinematic worlds awaiting beyond the realm of Hollywood. He is the author of nine books, most recently The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties, which was described by Slate as "an extraordinary publishing event." To commemorate his thirty years at the Voice, BAMcinématek has invited Hoberman to select films that have sparked some of his most stimulating reviews and articles, as well as a few personal favorites. more ›

The Oscars are in town! Well, at least some 8-foot Oscar statues for the official New York Oscar night celebration at the Carlyle hotel, where east coast industry folk will come together Sunday night as the show goes down in Hollywood. more ›